December 2007

Monday By Noon

Jonathan’s site, Monday By Noon is a great idea. I always thought posting once a week on Mondays would be a runaway concept. Jonathan writes on web design once a week and publishes his article every Monday before noon so … (More)




Geek Gift Guide

Putting nerdy stuff on my Christmas list has always been a bit embarrassing. I’m the only computer nerd in the family, and I could just imagine the look on my mom’s face if I were to ask for more RAM … (More)




99

Today, my Grandfather turns 99. He’s Italian, goes out to breakfast every morning at the local cafe, paints every afternoon, loves Harry Potter and still tells the best jokes. I just called him on his cell phone to find out … (More)




Passionless Content

In September I wrote an article, “Content Please“. I think it’s relevant to the current discussion going around about the emotionless links and “re-blogs” of tumble blogs. I think people are afraid to show emotion or passion through their site … (More)




The Little Red Writing Book

The Little Red Writing Book – “20 Powerful Principles of Structure, Style and Readability” I picked this book up on a whim at Barnes & Noble last Christmas when searching for a Secret Santa gift. It’s got short chapters. It’s … (More)




Midwest Ice Storm

An ice storm that’s hitting the midwest is leaving hundreds of thousands without power. In Oklahoma 500,000 are without power, and the power company expects it to be a week to 10 days before everyone gets their lights back on. … (More)




Greg Reinacker Switched

“Macs Sell Themselves” Greg Reinacker, founder of NewsGator, recently got himself his first Mac, and he explains why. If you’re a Mac user, the 2nd half of his article will surely put a smile on your face. Here’s one of … (More)




Anxiety – Lightweight To-do Management

Anxiety – Lightweight To-do Management Leopard only, and wow. It is lightweight in deed. For what it’s built to do it looks like it does it perfectly. Add a to-do item in Anxiety and it puts it in your Mail … (More)




Jstamant: “Be It Resolved”

After not posting for the past several months, Jon-Michael is back and shares his new vision for writing with this article here. There are too many good lines to quote. You ought to just read the article yourself and hopefully … (More)




The Early Adopter Paradox

(I wanted to link to Brett’s article yesterday when I read it but I couldn’t think of a reason why and I didn’t want to just quote something. But when I read Cameron’s reason for linking I realized that’s exactly … (More)




MacApper Review of MarsEdit

Michael Mistretta’s Review of MarsEdit on MacApper – …MarsEdit still beats all of the online blogging solutions hands-down. With it’s strong feature-set, ability to manage multiple blogs from one dedicated app, and offline freedom, MarsEdit is an app that is … (More)




I Love Typography: Desktops

I don’t know about you but I change my desktop about once a week. If I find a really good wallpaper then I might keep it for a month. Not that I have a rule about changing my wallpaper, I … (More)




(mt) Gift Card

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Slow Dancing in a Burning Room

I’ve always been a John Mayer fan, and Slow Dancing in a Burning Room, from his Continuum, has been at the top of my playlist for a while.




How Time Machine Does and Doesn’t Work

Tom Yager on How Leopard Time Machine Works, and How it Doesn’t – As Apple presents the Time Machine filesystem view, you can see your system approximately: As it was at the top of each hour today. As it was … (More)




Google For iPhone

Google Launched its iPhone Web App Today – Today, Google announced the release of a new iPhone application that integrates its multiple services into a single interface, making it easy for iPhone users to find, use and switch between Google … (More)